Oiling device for looms



No. 751,067. PATENTED FEB. 2, 1904.

J. s. GILES. OILING DEVICE FOR LOOMS.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 13, 1 899. RENEWED JULY 7, 1903.

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PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH S. GILES, OF WVORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO MATTHEW J. WHITTALL, OF WVORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

OILING DEVICE FOR LOOMS- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 751,067, dated February 2, 1904.

Application filed May 13, 1899. Renewed July '7, 1903. Serial No. 164,607. (No model.)

To all whom, it Tnay concern:

Be it known that I, J osEPH S. Games, a citizen of the United States, residing at Worcester, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Oiling Device for Looms, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to simplify and cheapen that class of oiling devices for looms which is illustrated, for example, in United States Letters Patent No. 481,558, granted to me August 30, 1892.

To this end my invention consists of the parts and combinations of parts, as hereinafter described, and more particularly pointed out in the claims at the end of this specification.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view showing sufficient parts of aloom to illustrate the application of my invention thereto, and Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail view illustrating a portion of one of the wires and the oiling device cooperating therewith.

In my prior patent above referred to I have shown and claimed an oiling device for the pile-wires of a loom, comprising a wick nor mally located in the path of the wires, which wick is combined with means for moving the same out of the path of the end pieces of the wires and the hook which engages and withdraws the same. The means which were employed for moving the wick out of the path of the hook, as illustrated in said patent, comprised a spring-pressed bracket and a cam mounted on the reciprocating carriage, so as to depress the bracket just before the hook passed over the same.

The object of my present invention is to cheapen and simplify this construction by dispensing with the cam and parts cooperating therewith for moving the wick out of the way of the hook which catches and withdraws the wires, and instead of employing a cam-actuated wick-holder to simply employ a light flexiblymounted wickholder, which is preferably supported by a piece of spring-wire which is flexible enough to be deflected or bent out of the way of the hook or end pieces of the wires as, the same are withdrawn. An oiling device as thus constructed is not only cheaper and simpler in its operation, but is further advantageous from the fact that the entire length of the pile-wires will be oiled, whereas when a cam is used for moving a wick-holder out of the way those portions of the wires near their end pieces are liable not be lubricated.

Referring to the drawings'and in detail, A designates the loom-frame; B, the vibrating lathe; C, the sword; D, the reed, and E the picker-stick. The arrangement and operation of these parts is wellunderstood, and it is not thought necessary to describe the same at length in this specification.

F designates the carriage, which may be reciprocated by any of the ordinary mechanisms.

Extending in from the reciprocating carriageF is ahook 10, which successively catches and withdraws the wires 11 from the fabric, said wires being automatically again inserted in position to have fresh fabric woven thereon by any of the ordinary instrumentalities, which it is not thought necessary to herein show or describe. Each of the pile-wires 11, as illustrated, comprises a body portion or shank 12 and an end piece 13, having an eye 1 1 in line therewith for receiving the withdrawing-hook.

The oiling device as herein illustrated comprises a plate 15, which may be supported from the loom side in any of the ordinary ways, and a spring-wire 16, carrying a collar or wick-holder 17. A wick is threaded up through the wick-holder 17 and may be held in place-as, for example, by means of a safety-pin 18. The wick may extend down into any ordinary can to receive its supply of oil, or, if preferred, the wick may be saturated from time to time, so as to hold sufficient oil to last for a considerable period without the use of a can. By means of this construction the withdrawing-hook and the end pieces of the wires will themselves constitute the mechanism which deflects the wick-holder from their path of motion, holding the same in a depressed position while passing over it, and by employing an oiling device of this character 1 insure the complete lubrication of the wires throughout their entire length.

I am aware that changes may be made in the construction of my oiling device for looms without departing from the scope of my invention as expressed in the claims. I do not wish, therefore, to be limited to the form of construction herein shown and described; but

What I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. In a loom, the combination of wires, a hook for catching and withdrawing the same, and a yieldingly-mounted holder for holding wicking or similar capillary material, the wick-holder being positioned so that the end pieces of the wires and the hook will deflect and hold the wick-holder out of their path of motion when passing over the same, substantially as described.

2. In a loom, the combination of wires, each comprising a body portion, and an end piece having an eye in line with said body portion, a hook for catching and withdrawing said wires, and an oiling device comprising a plate, and an upwardly-extending spring-Wire carrying a wick-holder at its upper end, the wickholder being positioned so that the end pieces of the wires and the hook will themselves act to deflect the wick -holder from their path when passing over the same, substantially as described.

In testimony WhereofI have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH S. GILES. Witnesses:

JOHN F. CRowELL, PHILIP W. SOUTHGATE. 

